Egypt
Bikya Masr (Joseph Mayton)
- Luxor Court Sentences 11 People For Stealing Antiquities
Egypt Independent The Luxor Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced in absentia six people to life imprisonment and five others to 10 years in prison for armed robbery of the antiquity storage area belonging to the German mission in...
- Egypt Court Jails Officials Over Van Gogh Theft
Los Angeles Times An Egyptian court Thursday jailed five officials, including a former head of the state's fine arts department, over the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million, state media said. "Vase with Viscaria" was stolen...
- Fallout From The Theft Of The Poppy Flowers
Egypt Daily News (Hadeel Al-Shalchi) With the alarms out and few cameras working, the thieves took advantage of the afternoon period when security guards were busy praying during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The thieves used a box cutter to slice...
- Short Survey - Should The Retrieval Of Egyptian Antiquities Be A Government Priority?
Al Masry Al Youm (Heba Helmy) After the theft last month of Van Gogh’s famous "Poppy Flowers" painting--valued at US$55 million--from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum, concerns have arisen about the relative safety of the country’s precious artworks...
- Egypt To Improve Museum Security After Van Gogh Theft
Bloomberg Businessweek (Alaa Shahine) Egypt plans to set up a security control room to monitor all museums after the theft of a $55 million Vincent van Gogh painting in Cairo, Zahi Hawass, head of the country’s antiquities agency said today. Culture...
Egypt
11 sentenced over museum theft
Bikya Masr (Joseph Mayton)
An Egyptian court late Tuesday sentenced 11 culture ministry officials to three years in prison over their negligence in the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum. Despite the guilty verdict, all have been given bail pending an appeal.
Among those sentenced is Deputy Culture Minister Mohsen Shaalan and the museum’s director.
Shalaan, the deputy culture minister responsible for the fine arts department, is the most prominent official to face charges in the robbery of the painting, Poppy Flowers that was stolen in August from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo and estimated to be worth some $50 million.
- Luxor Court Sentences 11 People For Stealing Antiquities
Egypt Independent The Luxor Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced in absentia six people to life imprisonment and five others to 10 years in prison for armed robbery of the antiquity storage area belonging to the German mission in...
- Egypt Court Jails Officials Over Van Gogh Theft
Los Angeles Times An Egyptian court Thursday jailed five officials, including a former head of the state's fine arts department, over the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million, state media said. "Vase with Viscaria" was stolen...
- Fallout From The Theft Of The Poppy Flowers
Egypt Daily News (Hadeel Al-Shalchi) With the alarms out and few cameras working, the thieves took advantage of the afternoon period when security guards were busy praying during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The thieves used a box cutter to slice...
- Short Survey - Should The Retrieval Of Egyptian Antiquities Be A Government Priority?
Al Masry Al Youm (Heba Helmy) After the theft last month of Van Gogh’s famous "Poppy Flowers" painting--valued at US$55 million--from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum, concerns have arisen about the relative safety of the country’s precious artworks...
- Egypt To Improve Museum Security After Van Gogh Theft
Bloomberg Businessweek (Alaa Shahine) Egypt plans to set up a security control room to monitor all museums after the theft of a $55 million Vincent van Gogh painting in Cairo, Zahi Hawass, head of the country’s antiquities agency said today. Culture...